PSU has confirmed the annual FAB/EB power outage testing dates – the evenings of Tuesday, October 15th and Wednesday, October 16th, 2024. The testing should begin shortly after 9:30pm and it usually lasts into the early hours of the morning.
They are expecting to use both reserved days this time as there are bug fixes that the control system vendor needs to test out.
During each test, parts of FAB/EB will experience brief power outages. Any powered systems will be affected by the testing unless they are connected to a local UPS unit for backup power or are located in areas served with building-provided backup power.
Systems hosted in the data center are not expected to be affected unless there is an unforeseen emergency.
If you work on site, we recommend that you power down your office systems, printers, and other electronics before leaving for that day. If you remotely access systems in office or lab spaces in the building, you may want to remotely shut them down, or have someone do that for you.
The CAT will be shutting down all the computer labs before the work begins. We will also be checking on departmental offices. (We usually physically unplug the larger printers.)
We will be onsite and monitoring status until the work ends. If you are going to be off site and want us to power down your systems for you (and haven’t asked us yet), please let us know.
We will let you know if this schedule changes.